Watch List notes:

World Medals, Belgium, The Theatre Royal, Brussels, rebuilt, presentation copper medal, 1855, by Hart, named on the reverse to the Mayor, Charles de Brouckère, arms of the City of Brussels, rev. LE PERSONNEL DU THEATRE ROYAL RECONNAISSANT – A CHARLES DE BROUCKERE BOURGMESTER, 68mm.; The opening of the Theatre Royal, Antwerp, 1834, presentation copper medal, 1834, by Hart, façade and side view of theatre, rev. OFFERT PAR LA DEPUTATION DES ETATS DE LA PROVINCE – A P. BOURLA ARCHITECTE DE LA VILLE D'ANVERS, 64mm., extremely fine (2)
*ex Baldwin's vault.
Charles de Brouckère (1796-1860) was a politician and statesman of high regard at the time of the establishment of the Kingdom of Belgium. He was appointed Mayor of Brussels in 1848 and held the position till his death. The rebuilding of Theatre Royal was the work of the architect Joseph Poelaert. The Grand Théâtre or Théâtre Royal Français is now known after its architect as the Bourla Theatre (Bourlaschouwburg). Amazingly it still retains its original stage machinery, the last remaining municipal theatre in Europe to do so.